 | 1910 - 524 pages
...I've worn for three-score years and ten, On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hovering, Nor my thread wish to spin o'er again : But my face...survey, And with smiles count each wrinkle and furrow ; And this old worn-out stuff which is threadbare today, May become everlasting to-morrow. ROBERT TANNAHILL... | |
 | 1910 - 298 pages
...I've worn for three-score years and ten, On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hovering, Nor my thread wish to spin o'er again : But my face...survey, And with smiles count each wrinkle and furrow; And this old worn-out stuff which is threadbare today, May become everlasting to-morrow. ROBERT TANNAHTLL... | |
 | Alice B. Macdonald - 1911 - 630 pages
...And when I at last must throw off this frail cov'ring Which I've worn for three-score years and ten, On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hov'ring,...wish to spin o'er again: But my face in the glass 111 serenely survey, And with smiles count each wrinkle and furrow; As this old worn-out stuff, which... | |
 | 1915 - 488 pages
...I've worn for three-score years and ten, On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hovering, Nor my thread wish to spin o'er again; But my face...survey, And with smiles count each wrinkle and furrow; And this old worn-out stuff, which is threadbare Today, May become everlasting Tomorrow. John Collins... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1912 - 508 pages
...this frail cov'ring 5 Which I 've worn for threescore years and ten, On the brink of the grave I 'll not seek to keep hov'ring, Nor my thread wish to spin o'er again : But my face in the glass I 'll serenely survey, And with smiles count each wrinkle and furrow ; 10 As this old worn-out stuff,... | |
 | E. V. Lucas - 1914 - 542 pages
...off this frail COT 'ring Which I've worn for three-score years and ten, On the brink of the grave 111 not seek to keep hov'ring, Nor my thread wish to spin...threadbare To-day, May become everlasting To-morrow. John Collins. A Thanksgiving to God -cy ^ LORD, thou hast given me a cell Wherein to dwell; A little... | |
 | Walter Barnes - 1915 - 602 pages
...I've worn for three-score years and ten, On the brink of the grave I 'll not seek to keep hov 'rin», Nor my thread wish to spin o'er again; But my face...threadbare Today, May become Everlasting Tomorrow. 207* Life ! I know not what thou art, But know that thou and I must part ; And when, or how, or where... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1916 - 416 pages
...And when I at last must throw off this frail cov'ring Which I've worn for three-score years and ten, On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hov'ring,...and furrow ; As this old worn-out stuff, which is thread bare Today May become Everlasting Tomorrow. /. Collins Life ! I know not what thou art, But... | |
 | University of Calcutta - 1917 - 844 pages
...Which I've worn for threescore years and ten, On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hovering, Nor my thread wish to spin o'er again : But my face...threadbare to-day, May become everlasting to-morrow. 5. (a) Scan the following lines and name the metre in which the 6 extract is written : — Water, water,... | |
 | 1918 - 2030 pages
...I've worn for three-score years and ten, On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hovering, Nor my thread wish to spin o'er again ; But my face...survey, And with smiles count each wrinkle and furrow; And this old wom-out stuff, which is threadbare Today, May become everlasting Tomorrow. /«*»Co«i«[x742?-i8ofl... | |
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Nor my thread wish to spin o'er again : But my face in the glass I'll serenely survey, And with smiles count each wrinkle and furrow ; As this old worn-out stuff, which is threadbare Today, May become Everlasting Tomorrow. 
